ZR conductor fined for cannabis, traffic-related offences

A ZR route taxi conductor who admitted to several offences including driving without a licence, insurance or registration three years ago has been fined in the District ‘A’ Traffic Court. Corey Andre Roderick Mayers, of Bank Hall, St Michael, had been charged with driving a motor car along Bush Hall Yard Gap without a driver’s licence, driving without insurance, fraudulently using number plates, driving an unregistered vehicle and failing to produce government-issued identification when asked by a police officer.

He was also charged with possessing 33 grammes of cannabis, possessing cannabis with intent to supply and possessing a traffickable quantity of cannabis. He had denied the charges. Mayers appeared before Magistrate Jared Richards last week and changed his pleas, admitting to the offences, which took place on September 13, 2023. He told the court that he had just purchased the car a few days earlier when he was pulled over by police and only had his permit. “Whatever punishment the court gives, I would accept,” he stated. He was ordered to pay $300 for driving without a licence or face two months’ imprisonment; $500 for having no insurance or face three months’ imprisonment; $100 for the fraudulent use of number plates or face one…